Brett McDowell

Brett McDowell is the
Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, the organization he helped establish
in 2012 to remove the world’s dependency on passwords through open standards
for strong authentication. Previously, he was Head of Ecosystem Security at
PayPal, where he developed strategies and lead programs to make the Internet
safer for PayPal and their customers. Mr. McDowell has extensive experience
leading multi-stakeholder cybersecurity initiatives, having held various
leadership roles in NSTIC IDESG, DMARC.org, M3AAWG, National Cyber Security
Alliance, StopBadWare.org, Kantara Initiative, and Liberty Alliance Project.
Mr. McDowell is a Fellow at the National Center for Digital Government at the
University of Massachusetts.